best GA magazine?
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In any case the worst UK flying mag is still better than the best North American periodical. FLYING in particular has to be the biggest disapointment.
If you want to liven up Pilot, Flyer or Today's Pilot, get your letter-writing hats on.
BTW, Flyer gets my vote but its marginal. I can't buy more than one each month because, apart from the one or two lead articles, they all tend to print the same stuff.
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Private flying in the UK is really quite a small market and the fact that it supports so many magazines never ceases to amaze me. The downside of this is that each of the mags has to operate on a relatively small budget.
Stick them all together and they could probably afford the best writing, the best pics, and real involvement with the development of private aviation.
Whilst there are three newstrade private pilot mags out there the resource is always going to be shared.
I happen to be associated with one of the mags so want make any comparisons between them but it is fair to say that between them they cover the market well and do a good job (and i include in this the AOPA and PFA mags).
Stick them all together and they could probably afford the best writing, the best pics, and real involvement with the development of private aviation.
Whilst there are three newstrade private pilot mags out there the resource is always going to be shared.
I happen to be associated with one of the mags so want make any comparisons between them but it is fair to say that between them they cover the market well and do a good job (and i include in this the AOPA and PFA mags).
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Yes, but we miss so many classics over here. Like the letter I saw in the "ask the experts" section of SW Aviation magazine where the letter writer was worried about being on an airliner during the second coming of Jesus. He was worried that the pilots would be taken off to heaven for everlasting peace, joy etc and the passengers would be left to plummet. He asked whether airlines have a policy about making sure that, if the captain is a "believer", the first officer will be a non-believer.
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I think all GA magazines suffer from the fact that there are so many different aviation types that they have to appeal to. From the silly men who think that closed cockpits and wheels the right way round are the work of the devil, to airline wannabes.
Anyway, which is the best? Flyer - no contest. John Farley's consistently excellent and the free landing fees more than pay for cost of the mag.
Anyway, which is the best? Flyer - no contest. John Farley's consistently excellent and the free landing fees more than pay for cost of the mag.
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Overpriced!!
IMO all of the mags like pilot, todays pilot and flyer are all overpriced for what they are. Some articles really interesting overs just a pile of sh*te. I never really buy magazines unless flicking through them on the shelf theres something really interesting. For xmas i got a years subscription to Todays pilot.
Does anyone else find that they all seem to contain similar content...?
Does anyone else find that they all seem to contain similar content...?
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Surprised at some of the lacklustre support for the mags. I subscribe to Flyer, and read it thoroughly. I think it pitches the articles just right for the average GA pilot. For example I particularly enjoyed this month’s article on transits through busy airspace by one W. Collins!
I’ve even gone and done some of the stuff recommended in the mag, flew in Portugal based on an article, and did my IMC inspired by another one.
Well worth the money in my view.
Oddly the one feature I read last or never is Farley’s column. Don’t know what it is - just his rambling style I think.
I’ve even gone and done some of the stuff recommended in the mag, flew in Portugal based on an article, and did my IMC inspired by another one.
Well worth the money in my view.
Oddly the one feature I read last or never is Farley’s column. Don’t know what it is - just his rambling style I think.
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This subject was done to death last year on this forum, there were some fairly frank exchanges of views about Pilot post - Gilbert, and I was one of the majority who considered it had gone rapidly downhill.
I don't subscribe, but I have bought it on a reasonably regular basis since, and it definately has improved, generally (apart from the bloody awful "I went here via there and then somewhere else" articles) the content is an interesting and for the most part, an informative read, and I don't think it can be beaten for the quality of it's photographs.
Occassionaly I'll buy the others, (and regularly read the company copy of Flight
), but as an aviation professional who doesnt fly, I'd recommend Flight on a regular basis, and read of the others as and when you can afford it.
I don't subscribe, but I have bought it on a reasonably regular basis since, and it definately has improved, generally (apart from the bloody awful "I went here via there and then somewhere else" articles) the content is an interesting and for the most part, an informative read, and I don't think it can be beaten for the quality of it's photographs.
Occassionaly I'll buy the others, (and regularly read the company copy of Flight
), but as an aviation professional who doesnt fly, I'd recommend Flight on a regular basis, and read of the others as and when you can afford it.
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I suppose it's bad form to mention an edition which has carried an article by yourself, but I have to say, leaving my article aside completely, I thought that this month's edition of Flyer was possibly the best ever.
The range and interest of the articles was wide...from an unusually interesting gliding piece and the restoration of an interesting tiddler to information that we all need to know about the future of 100LL/Avgas, an interesting range of products in Top Gear and an interesting range of issues in Flying Docs, overall the photography was good and beautifully reproduced.
I do think that Nick and Ian should be congratulated on a marked improvement over the last year or so, and should be encouraged to keep up the good work.
Timothy
The range and interest of the articles was wide...from an unusually interesting gliding piece and the restoration of an interesting tiddler to information that we all need to know about the future of 100LL/Avgas, an interesting range of products in Top Gear and an interesting range of issues in Flying Docs, overall the photography was good and beautifully reproduced.
I do think that Nick and Ian should be congratulated on a marked improvement over the last year or so, and should be encouraged to keep up the good work.
Timothy
